Also interested parties over here. When VH-EBG ('City of Hobart' - 'ray) she flew with Qantas
(never Quantas BTW). Along with the other 138s she's in the
log book of many a quaintarse retiree.
If you are a dyed in wool seven-oh tragic like me (& Thylacine) -
VH-JET#1 & Her Sisters - 138 Photo Gallery
VH-EBA ('City of Melbourne') the numero uno (now VH-XBA) came to her final resting place
in Longreach, Queensland, in June 2007, to the Qantas Founders Museum.
As a life member of this fine institution (DC3 VH-EAP they got from me)
it was a memorable occasion to be there in Longreach to witness the arrival.
At sunset, to sit up alone in the wheel-house, gaze across the wide flat land to the west as the sky flushed to deepest glowing red was . . .. well I shalln't go on.
ps It's a rare privilege to have been allowed into many historic aeroplanes over the years,
beginning in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra in 1958, courtesy of the then director, Stan McGrath, well before opening time. Aahhhhh . ..